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Pest Categorisation of Tecia Solanivora SCIENTIFIC OPINION ADOPTED: 23 November 2017 doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2018.5102 Pest categorisation of Tecia solanivora EFSA Panel on Plant Health (EFSA PLH Panel), Michael Jeger, Claude Bragard, David Caffier, Thierry Candresse, Elisavet Chatzivassiliou, Katharina Dehnen-Schmutz, Gianni Gilioli, Jean-Claude Gregoire, Josep Anton Jaques Miret, Maria Navajas Navarro, Bjorn€ Niere, Stephen Parnell, Roel Potting, Trond Rafoss, Vittorio Rossi, Gregor Urek, Ariena Van Bruggen, Wopke Van der Werf, Jonathan West, Stephan Winter, Ciro Gardi, Filippo Bergeretti and Alan MacLeod Abstract The Panel on Plant Health performed a pest categorisation of Tecia solanivora (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) the Guatemalan potato tuber moth, for the EU. T. solanivora is a well-defined species which feeds exclusively on Solanum tuberosum. It was first described from Costa Rica in 1973 and has spread through Central America and into northern South America via trade of seed potatoes. It has also spread to Mexico and the Canary Islands and most recently to mainland Spain where it is under official control in Galicia and Asturias. Potatoes in the field and storage can be attacked. Some authors regard T. solanivora as the most important insect pest of potatoes globally. T. solanivora is currently regulated by Council Directive 2000/29/EC, listed in Annex II/AI as Scrobipalpopsis solanivora. Larvae feed and develop within potato tubers; infested tubers therefore provide a pathway for pest introduction and spread, as does the soil accompanying potato tubers if it is infested with eggs or pupae. As evidenced by the ongoing outbreaks in Spain, the EU has suitable conditions for the development and potential establishment of T. solanivora. The pest could spread within the EU via movement of infested tubers; adults can fly and disperse locally. Larval feeding destroys tubers in the field and in storage. In the warmer southern EU, where the development would be fastest, yield losses would be expected in potatoes. Measures are available to inhibit entry via traded commodities (e.g. prohibition on the introduction of S. tuberosum). T. solanivora satisfies all of the criteria assessed by EFSA to satisfy the definition of a Union quarantine pest. It does not satisfy EU regulated non- quarantine pest (RNQP) status because it is under official control. There are uncertainties over the effectiveness of preventing illegal imports via passenger baggage and the magnitude of potential impacts in the cool EU climate. © 2018 European Food Safety Authority. EFSA Journal published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd on behalf of European Food Safety Authority. Keywords: Guatemalan potato tuber moth, pest risk, passenger baggage, Scrobipalpopsis solanivora, Solanum tuberosum, quarantine Requestor: European Commission Question number: EFSA-Q-2017-00322 Correspondence: [email protected] www.efsa.europa.eu/efsajournal EFSA Journal 2018;16(1):5102 Tecia solanivora: Pest categorisation Panel members: Claude Bragard, David Caffier, Thierry Candresse, Elisavet Chatzivassiliou, Katharina Dehnen-Schmutz, Gianni Gilioli, Jean-Claude Gregoire, Josep Anton Jaques Miret, Michael Jeger, Alan MacLeod, Maria Navajas Navarro, Bjorn€ Niere, Stephen Parnell, Roel Potting, Trond Rafoss, Vittorio Rossi, Gregor Urek, Ariena Van Bruggen, Wopke Van der Werf, Jonathan West and Stephan Winter. Suggested citation: EFSA PLH Panel (EFSA Panel on Plant Health), Jeger M, Bragard C, Caffier D, Candresse T, Chatzivassiliou E, Dehnen-Schmutz K, Gilioli G, Gregoire J-C, Jaques Miret JA, Navajas Navarro M, Niere B, Parnell S, Potting R, Rafoss T, Rossi V, Urek G, Van Bruggen A, Van der Werf W, West J, Winter S, Gardi C, Bergeretti F and MacLeod A, 2018. Scientific Opinion on the pest categorisation of Tecia solanivora. EFSA Journal 2018;16(1):5102, 25 pp. https://doi. org/10.2903/j.efsa.2018.5102 ISSN: 1831-4732 © 2018 European Food Safety Authority. EFSA Journal published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd on behalf of European Food Safety Authority. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and no modifications or adaptations are made. The EFSA Journal is a publication of the European Food Safety Authority, an agency of the European Union. www.efsa.europa.eu/efsajournal 2 EFSA Journal 2018;16(1):5102 Tecia solanivora: Pest categorisation Table of contents Abstract................................................................................................................................................... 1 1. Introduction................................................................................................................................4 1.1. Background and Terms of Reference as provided by the requestor.................................................. 4 1.1.1. Background ................................................................................................................................4 1.1.2. Terms of Reference ..................................................................................................................... 4 1.1.2.1. Terms of Reference: Appendix 1................................................................................................... 5 1.1.2.2. Terms of Reference: Appendix 2................................................................................................... 6 1.1.2.3. Terms of Reference: Appendix 3................................................................................................... 7 1.2. Interpretation of the Terms of Reference....................................................................................... 8 2. Data and methodologies .............................................................................................................. 8 2.1. Data........................................................................................................................................... 8 2.1.1. Literature search ......................................................................................................................... 8 2.1.2. Database search ......................................................................................................................... 8 2.2. Methodologies............................................................................................................................. 9 3. Pest categorisation ...................................................................................................................... 10 3.1. Identity and biology of the pest.................................................................................................... 10 3.1.1. Identity and taxonomy................................................................................................................. 10 3.1.2. Biology of the pest ...................................................................................................................... 11 3.1.3. Detection and identification of the pest......................................................................................... 11 3.2. Pest distribution .......................................................................................................................... 12 3.2.1. Pest distribution outside the EU.................................................................................................... 12 3.2.2. Pest distribution in the EU............................................................................................................ 13 3.3. Regulatory status ........................................................................................................................ 13 3.3.1. Council Directive 2000/29/EC ....................................................................................................... 13 3.3.2. Legislation addressing the hosts of Tecia (=Scrobipalpopsis) solanivora ........................................... 14 3.4. Entry, establishment and spread in the EU .................................................................................... 15 3.4.1. Host range.................................................................................................................................. 15 3.4.2. Entry .......................................................................................................................................... 15 3.4.3. Establishment ............................................................................................................................. 16 3.4.3.1. EU distribution of main host plants ............................................................................................... 16 3.4.3.2. Climatic conditions affecting establishment.................................................................................... 17 3.4.4. Spread ....................................................................................................................................... 18 3.5. Impacts ...................................................................................................................................... 18 3.6. Availability and limits of mitigation measures ................................................................................. 19 3.6.1. Biological or technical factors limiting the feasibility and effectiveness of measures to prevent the entry, establishment and spread of the pest ............................................................................... 19 3.6.2.
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